I’ll do a vid on this later @nea@nea@nealcla The cap in the front is one of the first issue @neweracap Cooperstown caps: Made in the USA. It has a box fit a shallow crown, and the cut is very common in the late 30s to mid 50s. The look until the higher crowned #59fifty trucker front as we know it, became standard. It wasn’t a skull hugging cap and it helped pop the logo up a bit. The modern higher crowns have a similar cut, but time has made the billboard purpose of the shape to be stiff and tall. When the front of the caps were first stiffened with backing, the front two panels made the caps look a bit cone like, and this can be seen in old photos. When you get to the early 1950s, you see the team creasing the buckram front two panels in their caps to try to regain that box type shape from previous years. Many #umpire s still crease their caps like the early stiffened front ones. When the extra tall crowns came in, the trucker pack-man cap shape became quite the billboard. The 59fifty looks more classic today than in the late 70s early 80s. I do wish the low profiles weren’t stiffened in front. The #19twenty profile that new era does has about 5 profile shape variations within the one style and I’ll show that. it doesn’t look much like the soft crown classic baseball cap of the early made in IDA NEW ERA pre China styles. More pics later. #bas#baseballcap @nealcla #dodgers@dodgers#brooklyndodgers#sportswear #baseballcap #neweracap#cooperstowncollection#oliverpeoples @nealcla @mitchellness#vintagebaseball@ebbetsvintage@stockbridgesewingworks@idealcapcompany@paolo_persichetti_italy_n.y

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The innards. On the left again is the US issue Brooklyn Dodgers cap. White cotton sweatband with new era label centered on the back and Cooperstown collection and sizing labels on either side. Standard USA Cooperstown collection innards. On the European special issue on the right, there is something I love, and that’s a leather sweatband. It appears to be a bleached goatskin dyed white. Originals from the 50s were often cowhide in tan or white. The kicker to this is that they also put in the reeding tape (this is a folded over foam with a plastic outer which I’m sure is because it’s just for lols) which is the piping between the crown and the leather. Here it’s for show whereas originals weren’t visible outside of there the crown met the brim. They were always white and on baseball player baseball caps up until the early 80s. Most caps that weren’t for baseball didn’t have this feature. One thing I don’t like is that the leather isn’t over lapping or stitched together in the center back which is the period way, but it’s doubled back on itself creating a welt, that’s two inches off center to the left in the picture. The US made caps usually have the sweatband seam centered in the back and the new era label is always center back. With this cap, the label is over the folded back leather seam and off center by two inches creating a little off center bulge. Outside of that the leather band I like. I also love the satin taping. @nea@nealcla#dodgers@dodgers#brooklyndodgers#sportswear#baseballcap#neweracap#cooperstowncollection#oliverpeoples @nealcla @mitchellness#vintagebaseball@ebbetsvintage@stockbridgesewingworks@idealcapcompany@paolo_persichetti_italy_n.y

Too often we are our own worst critic. We feel as though we aren’t good enough, don’t have what it takes, or will never reach our goals.
BULLSHIT!! Who are you not good enough for? Who said you don’t have what it takes?
No one can define who you are, except you! The opinions of others, who try to lower your self worth, aren’t important!
Find it within yourself, become the person YOU want to be, and watch others take notice!
By stepping out of the comfort zone, the fear factor, you will accomplish those goals that you once thought were unattainable!
So what if it takes you longer than the next person? So what if you have to work harder? We all move at different paces, but at the end of the day, we get to where we want to be in life!
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Too often we are our own worst critic. We feel as though we aren’t good enough, don’t have what it takes, or will never reach our goals.
BULLSHIT!! Who are you not good enough for? Who said you don’t have what it takes?
No one can define who you are, except you! The opinions of others, who try to lower your self worth, aren’t important!
Find it within yourself, become the person YOU want to be, and watch others take notice!
By stepping out of the comfort zone, the fear factor, you will accomplish those goals that you once thought were unattainable!
So what if it takes you longer than the next person? So what if you have to work harder? We all move at different paces, but at the end of the day, we get to where we want to be in life!
So stop doubting, and start DOING!! Head to www.bethefranchise.com or DM and get the apparel that allows you to be your own brand!
#Tees#Tanktops#Hoodies#Snapbacks#FittedCaps#supportlocal#the6andbeyond